Michał Lorenc (born 5 October 1955 in Warsaw) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work on films '' Little Rose'' (2010), ''

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'' (1997), '' Blood and Wine'' (1996) and ''

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'' (1989). He is currently considered one of the most important contemporary Polish film score composers.

Career

He was born on 5 October 1955 in Warsaw. In 1973, he joined the folk rock band ''Wolna grupa Bukowina'' founded by

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and remained one of its members for four years. In the 1970s, he collaborated with Marcin Wolski on Polish Radio Programme 3 and frequently appeared on

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's radio show ''Zgryz''. Between 1979-1981, he was one of the members of ''Teatr panoramiczny'' together with Jacek Kleyff and Michał Tarkowski. Since his debut in 1979, Lorenc has composed music for more than 150 feature films, documentaries, TV series and theatre performances. He has won five Golden Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival and Polish Film Festival Award for best movie score. The films and

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in which his film scores appear include '' Sekal Has to Die'', '' Little Rose'', ''

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'', '' Ojciec Mateusz'', ''

'', '' Fotoamator'', '' Four Nights with Anna'', '' Kołysanka'', '' Exit in Red'', ''Kanalia'', ''Sauna'', ''Kroll'', ''Deborah'', ''Przedwiośnie'', ''Żurek'', ''Glina'', ''Złoto dezerterów'', ''Amok'' and ''Nic''. In 1996, he wrote the score for Bob Rafelson's film '' Blood and Wine'' starring Jack Nicholson,

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and Michael Caine. It was selected by

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for an Academy Award nomination. In 2016, to celebrate the 1050 anniversary of the Baptism of Poland as well as the opening of the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw, an album entitled ''Przymierze'' containing Lorenc's music works was released. The same year, he received Poland's highest official distinction - the Order of the White Eagle. He is a member of the European Film Academy, the Polish Film Academy and the Czech Film Academy.

Works

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'' (2016) *''Smoleńsk'' (2016) *''Historia Roja, czyli w ziemi lepiej słychać'' (2016) *''Strażacy'' ("Firefighters") (2015) *''Komisarz Alex'' (2011-2012) *''W imieniu diabła'' ("In the Name of Devil") (2011) *''Jan Paweł II. Szukałem Was...'' (2011) *''Śluby panieńskie'' (2010) *''Syndrom'' (2010) *''Czarny czwartek'' ("Black Thursday") (2010) *'' Little Rose'' (2010) *'' Kołysanka'' (2010) *''La Prima notte della luna'' (2010) *''Wyłączność'' (2009) *''Mniejsze zło'' ("The Lesser Evil") (2009) *''Spokój w duszy'' (2009) *''Wino truskawkowe'' ("Strawberry Wine") (2008) *''Gry wojenne'' ("War Games") (TV series, 2008) *'' Ojciec Mateusz'' (2008-2016) *'' Four Nights with Anna'' (2008) *''O rodzicach i dzieciach'' ("Of Parents and Children") (2008) *''Wszystko będzie dobrze'' ("Everything Will Be Alright") (2007) *''Statyści'' ("Extras") (2006) *''Fale'' ("The Waves") (2005) *''Solidarność, Solidarność...'' (2005) *''Oficer'' (TV series, 2005) *''Glina'' ("The Cop") (TV series, 2004-2008) *''Piekło, niebo'' ("The Hell, the Heaven")(2004) *''Są takie świeżuteńkie dziewczynki'' (2004) *''Symetria'' ("The Symmetry") (2003) *''Żurek'' (2003) *''Babie lato'' ("Indian Summer") (2002) *''Dziewczyna z plakatu'' ("The Poster Girl") (2001) *''Listy miłosne'' ("Love Letters") (2001) *''Tam, gdzie żyją Eskimosi'' ("Where the

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Live") (2001) *''

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'' (2000) *''Żółty szalik'' ("A Yellow Scarf") (2000) *''Daleko od okna'' ("Far From the Window") (2000) *''Przeprowadzki'' (TV series, 2000) *''Cisza i ciemność'' ("Silence and Darkness") (2000) *''Słoneczna włócznia'' ("The Solar Spear") (2000) *''Jak narkotyk'' ("Like a Drug") (1999) *''Wszystkie pieniądze świata'' ("All the Money in the World) (1999) *''Zakochani'' (1999) *''Franciszkański spontan'' (1998) *''Złoto dezerterów'' ("The Deserters' Gold") (1998) *''Amok'' (1998) *''Nic'' ("Nothing") (1998) *'' Sekal Has to Die'' (1997) *''

'' (1997) *''Bride of War'' (1996) *''Przystań'' ("The Harbour") (1997) *'' Fotoamator'' (1996) *'' Blood and Wine'' (1996) *'' Exit in Red'' (1996) *''Poznań 56'' (1996) *''Deborah'' (1995) *''Pokuszenie'' ("Temptation") (1995) *''Prowokator'' (1995) *''Podróż na wschód'' ("Journey to the East") (1994) *''Psy II: Ostatnia krew'' (1994) *''Ptaszka'' (1994) *''Wyliczanka'' ("The Counting Rhyme") (1994) *''Embrion'' ("Embryo") (1993) *''Lazarus'' (1993) *''Lepiej być piękną i bogatą'' (1993) *''A Magzat'' (1993) *''Skutki noszenia kapelusza w maju'' (1993) *''Wow'' (1993) *''Łowca. Ostatnie starcie'' (1993) *''Pamiętnik znaleziony w garbie'' (1992) *''Psy'' (1992) *''Sauna'' (1992) *''

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'' (1991) *''Dziecko szczęścia'' (1991) *''Halo, jestem tutaj!'' (1991) *''Koniec gry'' ("Game Over") (1991) *''Kroll'' (1991) *''Kapitan Conrad'' (TV series, 1991) *''Historia niemoralna'' ("An Immoral Story") (1990) *''Kanalia'' (1990) *''Kapitan Konrad'' (1990) *''Pension sonnenschein'' (1990) *''Superwizja'' (1990) *''Zakład'' (1990) *''

'' (1989) *''Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach'' (1989) *''Paziowie'' (TV series, 1989) *''Zakole'' (1988) *''Łuk Erosa'' ("Eros' Bow") (1987) *''A żyć trzeba dalej'' (1986) *''Kalejdoskop'' (1986) *''Magma'' (1986) *''Żuraw i czapla'' ("Crane and Heron") (1985) *''Latawiec'' ("A Kite") (1982) *''Przyjaciele'' ("Friends") (TV series, 1979)

Selected awards and honours

* Czech Lion Award for best music score to the film ''

'' (2017) * Order of the White Eagle (2016) *

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for best music score to the film ''Czarny czwartek. Janek Wiśniewski padł'' (2012) *

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for best music score to the film ''Czarny czwartek. Janek wiśniewski padł'' (2011) *Golden Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival for best music score to the film ''Wszystko będzie dobrze'' ("Everything Will Be Alright") (2007) *Golden Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival for best music score to the film ''Przedwiośnie'' ("The Spring to Come") (2001) *Grand Prix at the Bonn Film Music Festival for music composed to ''Nic'' ("Nothing") (1999) * Czech Lion Award for best soundtrack to the film '' Sekal Has to Die'' (1998) *Special Award at the Camerimage Film Festival for the soundtrack to the film ''Nic'' (1998) *Golden Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival for best music score to the film ''

'' (1997) *Golden Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival for best music score to the film ''Prowokator'' (1995) *Golden Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival for best music score to the film ''Psy'' (1992) *Nomination to the European Film Award for Best Composer for music to the film ''

'' (1989)

Quotes

"Film is the only inspiration and ultimate goal for me. I do not compose any other music. It turned out that my gift for composing is limited to the cinema. I don't know what kind of feelings I should evoke in audiences in concert halls." (Michał Lorenc) "You don't compose music for a film but for SOMEBODY. The same film, if made by a different man, would have a completely different music." (Michał Lorenc)

Trivia

*The song ''Elena's Dance'' ("Taniec Eleny") from the original soundtrack to Maciej Dejczer's 1997 film ''

'' composed by Lorenc was used by Romanian

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Sandra Izbașa in her floor exercise routine at the

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where she won gold medal. *''Elena's Dance'' is used by the Widzew Łódź

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when its players enter the pitch during home games at

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in Łódź. In 2017, during the opening ceremony of the newly-reconstructed stadium, Lorenc formally granted the rights to perform the song to the club's owners. *The magazine '' Variety'' compared Michal Lorenc's music to the works of a prominent American composer - Aaron Copland. *In 2010, Lorenc became one of members of the committee supporting Jarosław Kaczyński in the 2010 Polish Presidential Elections.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenc, Michal 1955 births Polish film score composers Male film score composers Living people